One of the six remaining judicial nominees is not controversial and would serve in California's Eastern District. This court is ranked as the worst judicial emergency in the nation. Hard to understand why the Senate has conducted votes for nominees to courts without emergencies and hasn't voted on this nominee yet.

Updated 2:20 p.m. The lame-duck Senate continued to confirm federal judges at its quickest pace of the year, while more judicial nominations stand ready for votes when the Senate returns to Capitol Hill on Thursday. The Senate confirmed five more district court judges in Pennsylvania, California ...